IUENNA (openIng the soUthErn jauNtal as a micro-regioN for future Archaeology) is an innovative project to strengthen the application of digital methods in archaeology in Austria by pursuing complex cultural-historical questions, shaping Digital Humanities in Classics, and securing cultural knowledge for the long-term. IUENNA is funded by the Go!Digital 3.0 funding program of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and based on the archaeological micro-region of the Jauntal (Carinthia/Austria).
IUENNA involves the State Museum for Carinthia (kärnten.museum), the Austrian Archaeological Institute (ÖAI) at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), the Austrian Center for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage (ACDH-CH) at the ÖAW, the Federal Monuments Authority (BDA), and the archaeological company ARDIG – Archäologischer Dienst GesmbH.

Aspects of digital data in the project IUENNA: retro-digitized old maps of the project area, aerial photos showing the Jauntal, Globasnitz/Iuenna, and the ‘pilgrim center’ at Hemmaberg, paradata recording of the archaeological-geophysical measurements employing ground-penetrating RADAR and magnetics by using photos, graphics showing how data is organized in advanced file folder structures, and geo-information systems visualize the find sites (kärnten.museum – ÖAI/ÖAW; Jabornegg-Altenfels 1870; Dominik Hagmann)
IUENNA follows an extensive open science approach, using the Late Antique ’pilgrimage center‘ of the Hemmaberg with its decade-long excavations and related sites (Globasnitz/Iuenna, Jaunstein, and St. Stefan) as a case study. IUENNA will provide, for the first time in Austria for Classics, an outstanding model study and a sustainable long-term archive of an elaborated excavation at one of the most critical Late Antique sites of the Southeast Alpine region and its vicinity and integrate all data. All archaeological research data available will be digitized, structured in an all-new inclusive and hierarchically organized file folder system, and enhanced with metadata, which can serve as an example for future projects for Austrian archaeology and beyond.